The Navghar police have filed an FIR against an individual who allegedly threatened to post a photo of food contaminated by a cockroach if the owner of Mani’s Café did not pay him Rs 1 lakh. The matter came to light on June 25 when Maliea Nadar, the owner of Mani’s Café approached the Navghar police to register an FIR against Mayuresh Shirke for allegedly defaming the restaurant on Facebook. The police registered an FIR and are investigating the case.

According to the FIR, an employee informed Nadar that an individual had come to the restaurant in Mulund East around 7 am on June 11 and placed a parcel order for idli sambar. He took the parcel and left the restaurant. Around 11 am, the restaurant received a call and the caller had said he had collected the parcel in the morning and had spotted a cockroach in the food. The person on call had allegedly abused the restaurant staff and said “Tumhara café band kar dunga, complaint kar dunga (I will file a complaint and have the cafe shut down)”.